LEPIDOPTERA RETEROCERA. 479 



Body hardly robust. Palpi short, not stout, slightly ascend- 

 ing; third joint very short. Proboscis moderately long. Antennae 

 simple, much more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs moderately stout j 

 hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore 

 wings straight in front, acuminated at the tips; exterior border 

 rather oblique, deeply undulating. Male. — Antennae pubescent. 



1. Dabaeita subtilis. 



Mas et fcem. Lateritio-rufa ; pectus album ; abdomen pallidum, 

 lateribus albidis ; pedes albi, anteriores supra ruji, alee anlica? 

 linea interiore recta obliqua transversa fusca, gutta discali 

 nigra lineaque duplicata exterior e subarcuata vix obliqua 

 fusca, maculis subobsoletis ; postica alba?, apud margines 

 rufescentes. Var. — Ala? antica late rufa, lineis subobsoletis. 



Brick-red colour. Pectus white. Abdomen much paler than 

 the thorax, whitish along each side. Legs white ; anterior legs red 

 above. Fore wings with a straight oblique transverse brown line 

 before the middle, with a black discal dot, and with a double exte- 

 rior very slightly curved, hardly oblique, transverse brown line ; 

 spots almost obsolete. Hind wings white, with a red tinge about 

 their borders. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 

 Var. — Fore wings brighter red ; the lines almost obsolete. 



a, b. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection* 

 c. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Fara. 7. COSMID^l. 



Corpus sat gracile aut sat validum. Proboscis sat longa, raro 

 brevis. Palpi ascendentes ; articulus 3us saepissime longiusculus, 

 cylindricus. Antennae saepissime simplices. Pedes postici calcari- 

 buslongis. Alae anticse coloribus variis, saepe acutae, margine exte- 

 riore subobliquo nonnunquam subundulato ; lineis medianis non 

 dentatis trapezium tingentibus. 



Orthosides, p., et Noctuo-Bombycides, p., Boisd. ; Dup. 

 Xanthidi, p., Steph. Cat. Brit. Lep. 122; ed. 2, 110. 

 Cosmidae, Guen. Noct. ii. 1. 



Body rather slender or moderately stout. Proboscis elongate, 

 rarely short. Palpi ascending ; third joint generally cylindrical and 

 rather long. Antennae simple, or nearly so. Hind tibiae with long 



